The Cup of Grief

By: Al-Khala`i (d. 750 A.H.)

Shaikh Ali (A.S.) ibn `Abd al-`Azaz al-Khala`i al-Hilli said the following among other verses in one of his poems:

O Lord of the one who was disputed about

What her father left her of inheritance and who

Was sought by those of grudge and hatred

And who made anyone drink the cup of grief

To a father because of her son

Like the son of Marjana, the accursed one

Who made me of it drink

And who before called a liar

Someone by the Lord from sins purified

And is there another son of a Prophet

For whom fire was lit

As those who circled my home to burn me?

Taken From: Al-Turayhi, Al-Muntakhab, p. 161.